John Trapp on John 21:8

Verſe 8. And the other Diſciples came, &c.] They came all to Chriſt, but Peter ſooner: he caſt away all care of his fiſh, having the Lord to go to. It is beſt to be firſt and forwardeſt in a good matter; not only to make a ſhift to get into heaven, but to have an abundant entrance thereinto, to come bravely into the haven, 2 Pet 1, [illegible: 1 letter], 11. by adding one grace to another, as Peter hath it. It is a low and unworthy ſtrain in ſome (ſaith One) to labour after no more grace, then will keep life and ſoul together, that is, ſoul and hell aſunder. But that man for heaven, and heaven for him, that ſets up for his mark, The reſurrection of the dead, Phil. 3.11. that is, by a Metonymie of the ſubject for the adjunct, that perfection of holineſſe that accompanieth the ſtate of the reſurrection. Paul was, Inſatiabilis Dei cultor, faith Chryſoſtome.